International
Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
9 August 2004*, United Nations Headquarters, NY
1.15pm, United Nations General Assembly Lobby
Programme
of Activities
Film Screening: “Womens Wishes
for the Earth”**
Convocation:
Earth Chant by Amira Roca and Malaika Queano (Tiboli,
Philippines)
Indigenous Welcome
and Blessing (TBA)
Message of the
Secretary General, Kofi Annan
Message of the
Chairman of the Permanent Forum, Ole Henrik Magga
Indigenous Cultural
Presentation: Honoring Song (TBA)
Indigenous Cultural
Presentation:
Kahurangi Maori Dance Theater (Aotearoa/New Zealand)
Indigenous Closing
Blessing (TBA)
Master of Ceremonies:
Roberto Múcaro Borrero (Taíno, Puerto
Rico), Chairperson,
NGO Committee on the International Decade of the World’s
Indigenous People
The 9 August 2004 Commemoration of the International
Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is organized by
the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum
on Indigenous Issues DSPD/DESA, the United Nations Department
of Public Information and the NGO Committee on the International
Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. (Programme
subject to change)
*The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
is officially commemorated on 9 August annually in recognition
of the first meeting of the United Nations Working Group
on Indigenous Populations in Geneva.
Additional Programs in Commemoration of the International
Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples will take place
at the American Museum of Natural History on 8 August,
2003. For more information on these programs, which
are free with suggested museum admission and open to
the general public, contact the American Museum of Natural
History at (212) 769-5758 or see their website at http://www.amnh.org/programs/special/global/?src=p_h
*”Womens Wishes for the Earth” (Rebecca Sommer, 2004)
will be shown in its entirety throughout the day in
the exhibition area of “Celebrating Indigenous Peoples”
in the United Nations Visitor’s Lobby.
[Click here for a printable
copy of the Programme of activities]
